Woman survives 15 days trapped in China well

A Chinese farmer makes his way into a dried-up well to dig deeper for water after an extended drought in Fuyuan, southwest China's Yunnan province on February 20, 2012. A woman who was trapped in a well in central China for 15 days was rescued on September 16, 2013.

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A 38-year-old woman survived 15 days trapped in a 12-foot deep abandoned well in central China's Zhongfeng Village in Henan province.

Su Qixiu was searching for medicinal herbs in a cornfield when she fell into the well on Sept. 1. As she fell, she grabbed onto some of the corn stalks that had been hiding the hole in the ground, which ended up being her only nourishment, alongside rainwater, for over two weeks.

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